Why Did My Fps Just Drop By 90?

UnderDOG · June 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">just formated</div> I recently formated my comp, before i always got fps of 100 or in the 90s, and i now im lucky to get 20, i dont know what to do

standing in a lan game, facing the wall, i still dont get more than 40

I reinstalled ns, got the patch, got the hl patch, and i was low fps

turned off vsync, still low

made sure my fps_max was 100, still low

updated G4 Ti 4400 and motherboard drivers, still slow

so 2 questions, should i be using opengl or directx and are there any other ways that i could restore my fps to what they were before i formated

still low fps regardless of wheather i have it in software or other modes, same for resolutions

Formatting is sposed to speed up your comp <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

Gimpy_Doodly_Doo · June 2003

Dou you have the windows default srivers disabled. I had a similar problem with My ATI card after a system restore and had to disable my S3 drivers to put up the ATI ones.

UnderDOG · June 2003

i dont really understand, how do i change it?

ViGilantE21 · June 2003

be sure to upgrade to newest directx. If you were using D3D with old DX drivers that could be the prob. I have ti4400 also and run OpenGL. If you're usin opengl, make sure it is set to default, NOT 3dfx mini driver (unless you're using an old voodoo card)

UnderDOG · June 2003

it just says that my card doest support open gl

edit: and i just got the lateest directx, still bad

Roobubba · June 2003

if it says your card doesn't support OpenGL, then your card doesn't have the correct drivers actually installed.

It's possible that windows has overridden the drivers you tried to install with something different.
I'd get a selection of drivers from <a href='http://www.reactorcritical.com' target='_blank'>Reactor Critical</a> and try installing them and testing fps for each one. Try to do as manual an install as possible...

Once you have got all the drivers installed, also make sure you've got your latest monitor drivers and read <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=34027' target='_blank'>My Vsync/fps guide</a>. It won't address your current fps problem, as that really does sound like a driver issue.

Roo

UnderDOG · June 2003

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'> that website is offline

also i got the drivers i currently have installed from Nvidia.com but they might have been installed wrong ill check

If it effects anything here are some quick specs of my comp:
amd athalon 1900+
nvidia g4 ti4400
512 megs or ddr ram
windows xp profesional

thats all i can think that would effect frame rate

The same comp that got framerates in the 30s on the Doom 3 alpha should be getting much better thatn below 20 in ns <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

UnderDOG · June 2003

still bad in ns, but seems to be fine in warcraft3

Grimfang · June 2003

Can you test how it looks in halflife, to see if it's halflife or only NS ?

To me it sounds like a driver problem, or a conflict with some other hardware ? Your computer should be able to run NS without any problems at max fps.

LordDigi · June 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UnderDOG @ Jun 12 2003, 03:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> it just says that my card doest support open gl ...  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
This is not caused by your card ... Like Roobubba said, it's most likely the drivers <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

2of12B0RG · June 2003

What version detonator are you using? I have a TI4600 but the detonators cover all the cards, and anyways, the newest detonators are butt. I strongly urge you to download and install the 41.09 detonator instead of the 43 or whatever is the most current.

And as said before, if something is saying that your card does not support openGL, that is butt too. You need to completely remove any other video card drivers that may have been a default windows setup.

One time, when I had a Radeon 7000, I reformatted and WindowsXP initially installed the card as a radeon 8500. At first, I thought it was extremely cool because in doing so it allowed my desktop to use a higher resolution than I could have had with the 7000 driver installed. But when I went to see what kind of super coolness it would let me do with half life, it booted me out of the game immediately and told me my card did not support openGL. So I would say that there is a 99.9% chance that your drivers are what's ****.

<span style='color:red'>*Please do not evade the swear filters. They're there for a reason.*</span>

Thansal · June 2003

Yes, don't use D3D

OpenGL works MUCH better in NS (well atleast for GeForce cards)

so what they said tweak it till you can get OGL working

also, were you ussing OGL before the reformat?

UnderDOG · June 2003

ok i guess it was bad drivers, becuase i got it working in open gl, with 100 fps.

Wierd becuase i knew the xp drivers were bad, so right after i formated i dled the latest ones off the nvidia webiste, and they didnt seem to work

Later i re-dled them, and installed them manualy, not with the windows xp wizzard, and now it works.

But, windows xp did install ALL my other drivers and got my networking up and running, so i still love it

Why Did My Fps Just Drop By 90?

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